Stanford Center for Internet and Society

When Nancy Pelosi became the Speaker of the House in January 2007, women all over the country, and certainly female law students, rejoiced at the long-awaited step forward in gender balancing our society. Her election opened a new door for women, and made a successful political career a more viable option for women in general and female law students in particular.

After finally reading the briefs from Eldred v. Ashcroft, I have reinvigorated mentally gymnastics about the problem with the application – and continuing existence – of the DCMA. Of course, it’s clear that there is a problem – such a discrepancy between the market and the law is hardly reasonable.

What exactly is the scope of executive power? We heard about it during the warrentless wiretapping controversy and a myriad of other constitutional faux pax of the current administration, but it seems now that there’s another realm of vast confusion.